Attending the meeting at the 201 Tank Brigade were members of the Politburo: Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Committee of Internal Affairs Phan Dinh Trac; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of Propaganda Department and Central Committee Nguyen Trong Nghia; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Inspection Committee Nguyen Duy Ngoc; General Phan Van Giang, Minister of Defense; General Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security; Hanoi Party Committee Secretary Bui Thi Minh Hoai.
At the meeting, Major General Do Dinh Thanh - Commander of the Armored Corps reported a general report on the traditional history and the results of performing tasks in the past.
Accordingly, in the history of national liberation as well as in the war to defend the Fatherland and performing international duties, the armored soldiers always created creatively the Party's military views and ideology, inheriting and promoting the tradition of fighting the enemy of our nation.
Study, research and absorb modern military science knowledge selectively, build a unique combat art of the Vietnam Armed Forces: "Solidarity, teamwork", "One person, one car also advances"; build the tradition of the Heroic Corps: "When launched, it is a victory".
In recent years, the Party Committees and commanders at all levels, officers and soldiers of the Armed Forces have been steadfastly grasped and seriously implemented the guidelines, policies and policies of the Party and State; united to overcome all difficulties, completed tasks well, and completed many tasks excellently.
Promoting the tradition of the Armored Corps, the 201 tank Brigade has regularly thoroughly grasped the task, officers and soldiers with strong political will, moral qualities and good working capacity; clean and strong party organizations, strong and comprehensive units "exemplary and typical".
In recent years, deeply aware of the central political tasks, the Party Committee and commanders of the 201 tank Brigade have focused on leading and directing the innovation of training content, programs, and methods, organizing the implementation and completing the political tasks excellently.
In particular, the Brigade completed well the rescue drills and training; excellently completed the sports festivals and competitions organized by the Army and the Ministry of National Defense.
According to the Ministry of National Defense's Information Portal, on October 5, 2019, the Ministry of National Defense issued a decision to establish the first tank regiment under the name of the 202 tank regiment under the General Command, with an initial number of 202 officers and soldiers, stationed in 3 combat tank battalions, one repair company, one engineering company, one guards company, one training company, one information company and advisory, political, logistics and technical agencies.
The birth of the 202nd tank Regiment is an event of historical significance, marking a new development step of our army in the process of building a revolutionary, disciplined and modern army. October 5, applied for the Armored Corps' traditional day in Vietnam.
